List of English given names

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This is a list of names that originated in the English language; it does not include names borrowed into English from any other language. Nicknames for each name appear in parentheses following the full name.

1 Male
2 Female
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Male

Aiken
Ainsley^[1]
Alexander
Alfred (Al, Alfie)^[2]
Alfric
Alvin^[3]
Archibald (Archie)^[4]
Ashley - this name used by both sexes
Averill
Bertram (Bert)^[5]
Beverley - this name used by both sexes
Blake
Brandon (Bran)^[6]
Caedmon, alt. Cadmon (Cad)^[7]
Cedric - This name was invented by Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott for his novel Ivanhoe, set in England.^[8]
Chad^[9]
Cuthbert^[10]
Darwin
Drake
Edgar
Edward (Ed)
Edwin (Ed)
Edmund (Ed), also spelled Edmond
Edred
Edric
Egbert
Gerald (Gerry, Jerry)
Harold (Harry)
Hayden
Heathcliff
Hengist
Hereward
Lee
Lewis
Osferth
Osmund
Oswald
Oswin
Ralph^[11]
Reginald (Reg, Reggie)
Robert (Robby, Robbie, Rabbie, Bob, Bobby, Bert, Rob and Robet (pronounced Row-bay))
Ronald (Ron)
Royston (Roy)
Selwin
Thurstan
Walter (Walt, Watt)
Wayne
Wayland
Winston
Wistan
Wybert

[edit] Female

Alanna
Alfreda - female variant of Alfred
Alvina - female variant of Alvin
Ashley
Avery
Bailey, unisex
Beverly (Bev)
Blythe, alt. Blithe
Brooke
Chelsea
Clover
Daisy
Darlene
Edith
Edwina - Female variant of Edwin.
Elswyth
Emma
Éowyn - Created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his The Lord of the Rings story. From Anglo-Saxon elements eoh and wynn meaning 'horse joy'.
Ethel
Fern
Gail (Gale)
Godiva
Kimberly (Kim)
Lee
Lindsey
Lynne
Mildred (Millie)
Olivia - This name was invented by English playwright William Shakespeare for his play Twelfth Night.^[12]
Pamela - invented by Sir Philip Sidney
Rose
Rowena - Fictional name from Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, possibly derived from Anglo-Saxon 'Hrodwynn'.
Shelley
Shirley
Wendy
Whitney